Hearing Information Wednesday, February 8, 2022 at 1o:00 AM. Live stream available at the following link: Click Here Advisory
WASHINGTON, DC - In response to the Biden Administration’s failure to provide timely accountings of the size, scope, and severity of pandemic fraud perpetrated on the American public, House Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) sent a ...
As the scandal involving NFL-quarterback Brett Favre and the misuse of welfare dollars in the state of Mississippi makes clear, the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program needs serious reform, warns Ways and Means Republicans. Led by Republican Leader Rep. Kevin ...
In a new op-ed, the Wall Street Journal editorial board warns against potential electioneering by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), which after extending the application deadline for ...
In a series of letters to top officials, Ways and Means Republicans have laid the groundwork for an onslaught of investigations into the Biden Administration’s abuses of power. The Committee will track down the waste of taxpayer dollars, fight for transparency, and hold the Administration accountable for its unprecedented executive overreach. Here’s how Republican Leader ...
With less than a month before the 2022 midterm elections, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) sent a mailer to 9 million Americans informing them that they may be eligible to apply for tax credits. The IRS also took the unusual step of extending the typical deadline for such filing by a month. The timing of the mailers seems both “suspicious” and “political” – especially given that ...
Given a new Inspector General report revealing that nearly half of pandemic unemployment benefits may have been improperly paid, Ways and Means Republican Leader Rep. Kevin Brady ...
A new report from the Labor Department’s Inspector General (DOL-OIG) reviewed pandemic unemployment benefits in just four states over a six-month period, finding that 42 percent of funds were improperly paid and estimating nearly 14 percent, or nearly $10 billion, likely went to ...
Congressional Republican leaders are calling on Biden Administration agencies to obey a recent Supreme Court ruling that clarified the limitations of certain agency actions and insists that lawmaking is done by elected officials, not unaccountable bureaucrats. In letters to agencies within their jurisdiction, the leaders request the “clear congressional authorization” for upcoming ...
Criminal organizations, including international cybercrime rings and opportunistic foreign actors, exploited a national crisis to steal billions from taxpayers. Now, faced with billions of dollars lost to unchecked unemployment fraud involving organized cybercrime, foreign actors and international crime rings, Democrats have ignored repeated calls for congressional oversight ...